Sunday, July 31
Kirksville Daily Express: Kander says Blunt should be
fired; Democratic candidate promotes middle-class tax cut,
closing "gender wage gap," more X
The Examiner (Independence): Primary preview:
Emanuel Cleaver, Sam Graves re-election formalities
P-D: Poll finds GOP gov race tight; Newspaper
prints poll weekend prior to election, with meager sample size of four
hundred (400) voters
Rolla Daily News: Hanaway outlines plans to bring jobs
to Missouri
AP:
Gubernatorial candidate profile: Peter Kinder
P-D: Pressure is on as St. Louis County election board
struggles to regain public trust
JCNT: Study proposes improvements to state pay plan X
CDT: Missouri Department of Mental Health investigates
suicide at Fulton State Hospital X
KC Star: Missouri prisons forced to deal with the
mentally ill; Mini-profile of criminal smackhead Sarah Jackson,
who will totally beat heroin and turn her life around +
KWMU: Missouri school safety official calls for more
funding and planning to prevent attacks
AP:
State park debuts in Southern Missouri
KWMU: Missouri debuts new state park
SE
Missourian: About 200 attend Stop the Violence prayer
march; Cape's black community focuses on improving behavior
rather than blaming law enforcement or guns +
SNL editorial: Everyone should cast ballots in
Tuesday's primary, voter turnout is too low, etc. X
P-D letter: Mehlville septuagenarian says Missourians
should be outraged by amount of money spent in GOP gov primary
JCNT letter: Meta, Mo. octogenarian dislikes GOP gov
candidates, legislators and Rex Sinquefield X
JCNT letter: Missouri NOW's Sue Gibson: Mike
Parson should care about "police killings of people of color" X
P-D letter: Missouri Budget Project's Amy Blouin
responds to Show-Me Institute piece on tax cuts
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Saturday, July 30
KWMU:
Behind the Headlines: Jason Rosenbaum on the biggest takeaways
from Democratic National Convention; Local public radio station
provided community with daily, in-depth coverage of both GOP and
Democratic National Conventions
P-D
Gilbert Bailon: Newspaper editor touts expenditures for
"exclusive" Mason-Dixon poll, other priorities including a 32-page
craft beer guide - but not enough money to send a reporter to either
the Democratic or Republican National Conventions
CDT:
Newly-elected Missouri National Democratic Committeewoman Persephone
Dakopolos says she is disappointed by proof of rigged primary system
X
Columbia
Missourian: Local millennial female: Being a Bernie Sanders
delegate "was like the must fun and depressing and stressful week of my
life, really"
P-D:
KTVI photographer/reporter Bobby Hughes "no longer at KTVI (Fox 2)"
after social-media post regarding Michael Brown's mother appearing at
DNC
CDT:
Democrats seek to revive stump speaking tradition at Hallsville
event; Fewer than 50 show up for free ice cream, hear from man
filling ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler X
Missourinet:
Kander's office predicts election turnout for Tuesday's primary
expected to reach 31%
Drebes: Meet
Franklin & Lee, the shady SuperPAC with hidden donors
The
Missouri Times: Greitens skips GOP gov debate; Press
conference outside Missouri Democratic Party HQ greeted with "Welcome
Back!" trolling from Dems
The
Missouri Times: Hanaway criticizes Greitens for skipping
debate; Republicans Hanaway, Kinder and Brunner tape debate to
air tomorrow
KWMU:
Greitens holds press conference outside Dem headquarters;
Democratic Governors Association offshoot gives $1M in in-kind
contributions to Koster
P-D:
Records suggest Koster involvement in last-minute ad blitz against
Greitens; Missouri Dems appear at press conference held outside
their office
The
Missouri Times: White House logs show five visits from Greitens
during Obama administration
CDT:
Columbia Pachyderm Club meeting features talk of Greitens' Democratic
bona fides, Kraus vs. Ashcroft, more X
AP:
Gubernatorial candidate profile: Peter Kinder
The
Missouri Times: Rep. John Rizzo (D-Kansas City) says state
AFL-CIO rewarded his "100% pro-labor" record with negative ads against
him
P-D:
Primary preview: Rick Stream vs. Andrew Koenig
P-D:
Money continues to pour into GOP state Senate race featuring Bill
Eigel, Anne Zerr and Michael Carter
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Keith English (I-Florissant) changes mind,
will now run for re-election
P-D:
St. Louis City Election Board sued to release absentee ballot records
from past four years; Ferguson Twitter celebrity Rasheen
"SheenBean" Aldridge, others dislike Hubbard family's success in
turning out voters
P-D:
Study commissioned by Nixon's office says it would take $13.7M of
taxpayer money to bring state employee salaries in line with marketplace
Missourinet:
Study: Missouri ranks last in state worker pay
Missourinet:
Fulton State Hospital project is on schedule
Missourinet:
MoDOT says completion of bridge project in Jefferson City to be delayed
P-D:
Nixon's office returns stuffed and mounted bald eagle to the Missouri
Department of Conservation
P-D:
Fundraiser for Ballwin officer draws more than $9,000 in
donations; Michael Flamion was ambushed by St. Louis City
resident and career criminal Antonio Taylor
P-D
editorial briefs: Billy Long wrong to raise money in Las
Vegas; Attorney Dave Roland takes on Hubbards' absentee-ballot
success
CDT
endorsement: 4th District Democratic primary: Gordon
Christensen best choice to take November loss X
KC
Star's Diuguid: Emanuel Cleaver makes KC proud with "full
whooping black United Methodist minister" schtick +
KC
Star op-ed: "Business intelligence firm" owner Lisa Hays:
It's really sad when parents can't provide for their own spawn;
Citizens should "make their voices heard," take action at the ballot
box, etc. +
P-D
letter: Ferguson man says ads about "career politicians" distract
voters from legitimate issues
P-D
letter: Texas man responds to Show-Me Institute's glorification
of Texas budget solutions
P-D
letter: Sierra Club intern Eli Horowitz; Ameren's $2
million settlement better be just the beginning
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Friday, July 29
Rosenbaum: Missouri delegates weigh Clinton's impact
up and down the ballot; A Dem nominee hasn't won Missouri in 20
years, and the state continues moving right
KC Star: Tim Kaine tells Missouri delegates that he's
a Truman Democrat
KC Star: "Full Cleaver" again on display for
Democrats; KC liberal given less than five (5) minutes early in
Thursday program, says Clinton "won't stay throwed [sic]"
P-D: McCaskill, other Dem gals given stage time on
DNC's final night
CDT: NAACP hosts candidate forum: Comments from
woman losing Tuesday's primary to Jason Kander, man filling November
ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler, Dem candidates vying for Webber's
seat
P-D: Post-Dispatch poll claims Clinton is virtually
tied with Trump in Missouri; Sample size was just 625 voters
P-D: Post-Dispatch poll claims Kander is within
striking distance of Blunt; Sample size was just 625 voters
SE
Missourian: Primary preview: Three candidates compete for
second place in Jason Smith's primary victory
KWMU: St. Louis makes progress on ozone, but now must
meet tougher federal standards
The Missouri Times: Missouri Association of
Anesthesiologists oppose proposed VA rule
KWMU: Property owners on NGA site get paid in St.
Louis eminent domain suit
P-D: Primary preview: GOP gubernatorial
candidates
AP: Gubernatorial candidate profile: Catherine
Hanaway
SNL: Greitens distances self from GOP opponents at
Springfield rally
KWMU: Democratic group to begin launching TV ads
against Eric Greitens
KC Star: Primary preview: Kurt Schaefer vs. Josh
Hawley
P-D: Petition enlists Missouri abortion opponents in
push for renewable energy
Columbia Missourian: Primary preview: Stephen
Webber, Caleb Rowden uncontested on Tuesday
Columbia Missourian: Demoratic primary for Stephen
Webber's seat pits liberal vs. moderate
Missourinet: DSS Director Brian Kincade to investigate
phone complaints; Welfare-recipient constituents of Reps.
Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson), Randy Dunn (D-Kansas City) wasted
precious minutes on the phone trying to obtain their handouts
Missourinet: Embattled Missouri Veterans Commission
director on paid leave
Missourinet: After court throws out lethal injection
lawsuit, plaintiffs consider further appeals
Missourinet: State audit: many citizens
incorrectly charged by Missouri's municipal courts
AP:
Judge rejects conspiracy claims against highway patrol in 2014 drowning
of handcuffed man
P-D: Weekend fundraisers to raise money for Ballwin
officer; Michael Flamion was shot and left paralyzed by St. Louis
City resident and career criminal Antonio Taylor
KWMU: "Faces Not Forgotten" provides pictures of dead
children to anti-gun groups
KC Star endorsements: Roy Blunt, Jason Kander, Emanuel
Cleaver over vanity candidate also-rans
CDT's Rudi Keller: Fact-checking Jason Kander's
"5th-Generation Missourian" claim
P-D op-ed: Missouri Trucking Association's Tom
Crawford: Tolling talk must end
SNL letter: Area Republican responds to Democrat's
complaint about Blunt
P-D letter: Clayton sexagenarian wants Nixon to
restore foster-care cuts
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Thursday, July 28
SNL: Springfield's Bernie Sanders supporters 'in pain'
trying to figure out how they can go on X
KWMU: KC Mayor Sly James decries urbanites'
self-inflicted 'slow motion mass murder' in speech to Missouri's
convention group
KC Star: Sly James: Race plays a role in lack of
action on urbanites' self-inflicted violence
+
KC Star: Al Franken speaks to Missouri delegation,
calls Trump's approach to problems 'childlike'
+
KWMU: Missouri delegates see VP nominee Tim Kaine as
'good guy,' 'principled,' 'centrist'
P-D: KTVI overnight photographer posts Facebook
comment regarding DNC and strong-arm robber/police assailant Michael
Brown; Black reporter at another outlet reacts negatively, shares
thoughts on white people
SE
Missourian: Stephen Limbaugh III composes music, takes part in
anti-Hillary Clinton film +
KC Star: Missouri Democratic Party attacks Blunt for
silence on Trump's Russia remarks +
SNL: In Springfield, Jason Kander says Roy Blunt is
not the same person elected Greene County clerk X
KSMU: Kander touts support for middle class, blasts
Congress' vacation
KZRG: Jason Kander makes campaign stop in Joplin
AP: Blunt campaign pokes Kander with Jayhawk mascot
Drebes: Why do coastal hedge-funders seek a
relationship with Eric Greitens?
KZRG: Kinder says he's running positive ads, will
refuse to engage in his primary opponents' tear-down approach
The Missouri Times: Greitens complies with
cease-and-desist order after St. Louis Police Officers Association
endorsement 'misunderstanding'
AP: Gubernatorial candidate profile: Eric
Greitens
The Missouri Times: KSDK, News-Leader polls show gov
candidates close
The Missouri Times: Polling shows Dem, GOP primaries
for attorney general in a virtual tie
SNL: Advocates says they have enough signatures to get
tobacco tax increase on Missouri ballot; Comments from new Raise
Your Hand for Kids spokeswoman Jane Dueker X
The Missouri Times: New Missouri Times poll shows Rick
Stream leading Andrew Koenig in state Senate primary
KWMU: Preview: Competitive state rep primaries
in the St. Louis metro area
Drebes:
Sean Soendker Nicholson, formerly of Progress Missouri, to serve as
treasurer of Clean Missouri PAC
The Missouri Times: St. Louis Regional Chamber hands
out 'Champion' awards including 'SJR Six'
Missourinet: Kander says St. Louis County election
problems being dealt with
Monett
Times: Kinder presents service award to Berry County sheriff
P-D: Meeting on new welfare law shifts to conversation
about inefficiencies in Department of Social Services
Missourinet: Rep. Marsha Haefner (R-Oakville) wants to
override Nixon on brain injury funding
Missourinet: Senate interim committee begins work to
trim state's cost of prescription aid
Missourinet: Almost 10,000 Missourians to receive
jobless benefits previously taken away
KWMU: Missouri gaming commission rolls out emergency
rules for new daily fantasy sports law
P-D: Legalized fantasy sports in Missouri expected to
get underway in September
P-D: Missouri's newest state park to open on storied
piece of the Ozarks
KWMU: Municipal court problems spread throughout
Missouri, auditor says
P-D: Shared outrage over shooting of officer brings
Ballwin police, residents 'closer than ever'
CDT endorsement: Peter Kinder in GOP gov primary X
SNL endorsements: House primariees Curtis Trent in GOP
primary (District 133); Crystal Quade in Dem primary (District
132); Tyler Hobbs in GOP primary (District 132) X
Priddy: Eric Greitens - who is a former Navy SEAL, if
he hasn't mentioned it enough - is a Republican if he says he is,
despite shady PAC's junk-mail claims
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Remembering Dutch
Newman: How she guided Kansas City's Democrats +
P-D letter: Kirkwood man disagrees with Wieland on
contraceptive suit, attempts sarcasm
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Wednesday, July 27
KWMU: Missouri delegation at Democratic National
Convention, Day Two: Roll call of states, Pennsylvania gov speaks
at breakfast, more
Missourinet: State Rep. Clem Smith (D-Velda Village
Hills): DNC e-mails - showing system rigged against Sanders -
were "very disheartening"
SNL: Clinton delegate from Missouri: Most Bernie
Sanders supporters won't vote for Hillary, but Clinton should aim for
converting 20% X
KC Star: Bernie Sanders pays surprise morning visit to
Missouri delegates +
P-D: Michael Brown's mother appears at DNC, prompting
police ire
KWMU: Democratic delegates mull Clinton's ability to
change law enforcement policy
SE
Missourian: Local delegate profile: Rebecca Reed +
CDT: Kander questions lengthy congressional recess as
he seeks Senate seat X
KOMU: Jason Kander visits Columbia in 50-stop bus
tour; Kansas Jayhawk mocks candidate's claim to be a
"5th-generation Missourian"
Columbia Missourian: NAACP crowd saves loudest cheers
for Kander's opponent, Democratic primary also-ran Cori Bush
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Jason Smith's annual Farm Tour stops in
Senath; Congressman visits cotton gin, talks EPA wood-stove
regulations and more +
KWMU: First District's only congressional forum
focuses on Clay legacy
P-D: Clay appears with primary opponents, GOP
also-rans at forum
P-D: Members of Missouri's congressional delegation
set to score primary, general election victories over candidates of the
vanity and/or quixotic variety
KWMU: Primary preview: Reporters Jo Mannies and
Rachel Lippmann join UMSL's Dave Robertson to offer thoughts
The Missouri Times: The last debate: GOP gov
hopefuls to battle on This Week in Missouri Politics
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens donor sues John
Brunner over 'sex slave' moniker
P-D: California investor sues Brunner over 'sex slave'
comment
CDT: After losing two campaigns, Judy Baker confident
of success in state treasurer race X
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Leaders of Asian
groups unhappy with "racist" GOP AG ads targeting Josh Hawley, "Kurt
Schafer [sic]"
The Missouri Times: Legal battle over signatures of
early childhood education petition continues
The Missouri Times: Initiative petitions come into the
home stretch to become ballot measures
KWMU: Two new lawsuits filed to stop cigarette tax
ballot initiative
P-D: Right-to-work legislation fuels GOP state Senate
primary: Anne Zerr vs. Bill Eigel
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court tosses out state Senate
vote that cut state's unemployment benefits
AP:
Court strikes down Missouri law trimming jobless benefits
KWMU: Appeals court throws out challenge to Missouri's
execution protocol
CDT: Juvenile justice system clogged with 5.4 times
the number of black males than white criminal counterparts X
CDT endorsements: Roy Blunt in GOP U.S. Senate
primary; Judy Baker in Democratic state treasurer primary X
P-D editorial: Missouri Veterans Commission Director
Larry Kay needs to go
Messenger: Verdict lets veterans advocate refocus on
her mission of love
P-D op-ed: Rex Sinquefield's communications
staff: Missouri should follow Texas' example on taxes
Joplin Globe's Mike Pound: Larry Glaze gets awarded
Veteran's Service Award from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder X
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Tuesday, July 26
KWMU: For some Show-Me State supporters, Sanders
campaign leaves a big mark
AP: Missouri Sanders delegates reluctant to support
Clinton
Missourinet: Bernie Sanders supporters announce their
DNC arrival with rallies
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to speak at
Democratic National Convention
KC Star: Emanuel Cleaver, always for Hillary Clinton,
bonded with Obama, Claire McCaskill's first pick +
Missourinet: Michael Brown's mother to speak at
Democratic National Convention
KC Star: McCaskill: Liberals should give Tim
Kaine a chance +
Columbia Missourian: People who met Tim Kaine at
Mizzou forty (40) years ago try to remember stories, embellish their
level of friendship
Missourinet: Fresh off Republican National Convention,
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith says voters want an outsider in the White House
KWMU: Kander launches bus tour while Blunt prepares to
head out on his own
AP: Senate hopeful Jason Kander on bus tour, not at
Democratic convention
P-D: Primary preview: Lacy Clay vs. Maria
Chappelle-Nadal
P-D: Wikileaks' DNC e-mails show Dems considered using
Ferguson celebrity Deray Mckesson as DNC surrogate
Scott Faughn: On DNC e-mails postulating McCaskill has
"no backbone"; Roger Ailes' impact; Jake Hummel shows nice
guys can finish first; GOP legislators focus on gays, when they
should be cutting taxes; Fallout from John Rizzo's win in next
Tuesday's state Senate primary; more
KWMU: Big money flows in, and out, of statewide
primaries: A look at gov, lt. gov, AG and SOS fundraising and
expenditures
The Missouri Times: MEC complaint filed against
Greitens for "SEALs for Truth" donation
AP: Gubernatorial candidate profile: John Brunner
The Missouri Times: Tip sheet: Statewide races,
8 days out
The Missouri Times: 8 days before primary
report: Lt. governor
The Missouri Times: 8 days before primary
report: Secretary of state
The Missouri Times: 8 days before primary
report: State treasurer
The Missouri Times: 8 days before primary
report: Attorney general
The Missouri Times: Josh Hawley and Kurt Schaefer
battle on KMOX
The Missouri Times: 8 days before primary
report: Senate contested primaries
KWMU: Primary preview: 15th District state
Senate: GOP to choose between Rick Stream and Andrew
Koenig; Dems decide between Mark Boyko and Tom Eagleton's nephew
The Missouri times: 8 days before primary
report: House 20 hottest primaries
Drebes: Richard McIntosh on writing RFPs and helping
clients win contracts
Missourinet: Rep. Bill Lant (R-Pineville) injured in
car crash
P-D: Special scholarship program helps UMSL meet
diploma-handout target; "Finish Your Degree" scholarships handed
out to second-semester seniors who failed to save enough money on their
own
P-D: After $2.8M verdict, panel meets in secret to
discuss future of Missouri's veterans chief
KWMU: State Dept. of Agriculture investigators looking
into off-label pesticide use; Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville)
wants to increase penalties for farmers who choose to violate
application laws
AP: Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court
reform
P-D: Federal judge approves monitor for Ferguson
consent decree
P-D: Ferguson's new Code of Conduct to be put to the
test at meeting tonight
KWMU: Missouri women start new publication focused on
"flyover country"; Gals think "The New Territory" will thrive by
soliciting sponsorships and selling monthly issues at $15/pop
P-D letter: Clayton octogenarian says she dislikes
Catherine Hanaway, and especially Hanaway's support for gun rights
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian dislikes negative
tone of candidates' TV commercials
Columbia Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael: Give Missouri patients better access to
out-of-state doctors
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Monday, July 25
KWMU: Amid leadership shift, Missouri delegates file
in for Democratic National Convention
KC Star: Sanders crowd feeling burned on eve of
Democratic convention; Missouri delegate Vicke Kepling: "I
will never reconcile with Hillary Clinton." +
Missourinet: Missouri's Bernie Sanders supporters
arrive in Philadelphia, are unsurprised that national party sought to
take down Sanders
St. Joseph News-Press: Democratic National Convention
preview: Thoughts from Sanders delegates Andrea Cole and Jennifer
Squires, at-large delegate Derek Evans X
Missourinet: Several Missouri Democratic delegates
still seeking handouts via GoFundMe
AP:
Two years after attack on Darren Wilson and subsequent riots, GOP gov
candidates promise law and order
P-D: Primary preview: Democratic State Treasurer
primary: Judy Baker vs. Pat Contreras
P-D: Asian-American groups decry 'xenophobic' Missouri
political ads
This Week in Missouri Politics: Debate between GOP
state Senate candidates Andrew Koenig and Rick Stream; Panel of
MO Dems' David Turner, David Barklage, Rep. John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon),
Dem J.P. Johnson discuss Koenig vs. Stream and gov race
This Week in Missouri Politics: Overtime
edition: Panel makes predictions in statewide races
This Week in Missouri Politics: Overtime
edition: More debate between Andrew Koenig vs. Rick Stream
KWMU: 'Right to work' is playing a big role in St.
Charles-based Senate race
Drebes:
New health-industry PAC features familiar names
P-D: Free shopping spree gives free stuff to poor
kids; Liberal ladies' group hands out gun locks
KWMU: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice attends
event for poor kids, hands out gun locks
P-D endorsements: Russ Carnahan, Jake Zimmerman, Pat
Contreras, Robin Smith; Mike Parson, Josh Hawley, Jay Ashcroft
KC Star endorsement: Jessica Podhola for 11th District
State Senate Democratic primary +
KC Star endorsements: GOP incumbents who opposed
right-to-work; Dem Richard Brown, challenging Rep. Bonnaye Mims
(D-Kansas City); Paper describes African-American Rep. Randy Dunn
(D) as "articulate" +
KC Star op-ed: Empower Missouri's Don Love:
Police should care about traffic-stop data +
Washington Missourian letter: Kander spokesman Chris
Hayden responds to editorial regarding candidate's "fifth-generation
Missourian" claim X
P-D letter: MoPIRG dislikes Ann Wagner's
financial-services legislation
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Sunday, July 24
KC Star: McCaskill on the Clinton-Kaine ticket:
"They are the grown-ups" +
P-D: Democratic National Convention preview:
Comments from local delegates on Sanders vs. Clinton, Rich Chrismer on
Jason Kander and Hillary Clinton
AP: Quadrennial Missouri's-youngest-delegate
profile: Rachel Gonzalez
AP: U.S. Senate primary preview: Blunt, Kander
prevail over also-ran vanity candidates
CDT: Pork, politics meet at annual Boone County Fair
ham breakfast X
The Missouri Times: Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds
campaigns with Bev Randles
KWMU: Democratic committee members nominate Jake
Hummel to replace Keaveny in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Jake Hummel headed to the Missouri
Senate
SNL: Southwest Missouri's most interesting race:
No incumbent makes District 132 one to watch
X
SNL: District 132 Democratic primary: Crystal
Quade vs. Bob Sweere X
SNL: District 132 Republican primary: Tyler
Hobbs vs. Thomas Quinn X
CDT: Education officials excited by planned review of
finance learning standards; Comments from State Treasurer Clint
Zweifel, DESE's Sarah Potter X
P-D: Local company spearheads biogas project on
northern Missouri hog farms
SNL: Black Lives Matter rally draws less than 50 X
P-D endorsements: Gubernatorial primaries: Chris
Koster (D) and Catherine Hanaway (R)
Washington Missourian editorial: Why is so much money
being spent in the Kurt Schaefer vs. Josh Hawley race? X
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman praises Ameren for handling
of storms
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Saturday, July 23
KWMU:
Behind the Headlines podcast: Mannies and Rosenbaum look back to
the RNC and ahead to the DNC
Columbia
Missourian: Local delegates Sara Walsh, Jennifer Bukowsky wowed
by Republican National Convention experience
KC
Star: Hillary Clinton picks Tim Kaine, who grew up in Missouri
then left +
KC
Star: Newspaper hastily gathers facts about area native Tim
Kaine, prints them as a list without additional local insight or effort
+
Missourinet:
Clinton running mate Tim Kaine was born in Kansas City, went to Mizzou,
then left for good
CDT:
McCaskill holds town hall on opioid epidemic X
Columbia
Missourian: McCaskill, Vilsack talk opioids
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics preview: GOP
state Senate candidates Rick Stream vs. Andrew Koenig; Panel of
David Turner, Slay spokesman JP Johnson, David Barklage, Rep. John
Wiemann (R-O'Fallon) discuss gov race, more
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life PAC tells voters not to
vote for Eric Greitens
P-D:
Videos: Interviews with GOP gov candidates - except Eric
Greitens, who declined to meet with editorial board
CDT:
At campaign stop, Brunner says his GOP opponents are beholden to
big-bucks donors X
The
Missouri Times: Mike Huckabee endorses John Brunner for governor
JCNT:
Mike Parson: Targeting police should be a hate crime X
KWMU:
Primary preview: State treasurer: Democrats Judy Baker vs.
Pat Contreras
The
Missouri Times: People's Mujahedin of Iran wants anti-Hawley ad
removed from TV; Schaefer's campaign responds
CDT:
Tobacco gax campaign makes pitch to youth health advocates X
The
Missouri Times: National Organization for Marriage to go after
Anne Zerr for vote on SJR 39
The
Missouri Times: Primary preview: Andrew Koenig vs. Rick
Stream in GOP state Senate primary
P-D:
Missouri pays penalty for tax refund delays
P-D:
Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial), wife win contraceptive insurance suit
KSSZ
(Columbia): Rep. Keith English (I-Florissant) says House might
lack votes to override veto of gun bill
CDT:
University of Missouri curators set themes to guide presidential search
X
KWMU:
Curators detail top priorities for next UM system president
KWMU:
Ameren comments on Sierra Club settlement
KC
Star editorial: Blunt, Kander skip their conventions +
Messenger:
Campaign finance in Missouri goes from absurd to obscene
P-D
letter: Octogenarian reverend wants everyone to "cool it" with
all the divisive words these days
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Friday, July 22
KWMU: Missouri delegates happily hop aboard the Trump
Train
KWMU: Missouri delegates react to Cruz's decision to
not yet endorse Trump
Missourinet: Missouri delegates Bev Ehlen, Jason
Crowell express disappointment in Cruz
KC Star: Most Missouri delegates think Cruz made a
mistake with non-endorsement speech +
SE
Missourian: Area delegates - including former Cruz supporters -
describe non-endorsement speech as "classless" and "selfish" +
Rosenbaum: Previewing next week's Democratic National
Convention
KWMU: Mother of Michael Brown holds "test run" in St.
Louis before reading speech in Philadelphia next week
KWMU: McCaskill, Blunt push measure to get federal
money for opioid monitoring in St. Louis County
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt want federal money for
opioid monitoring
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt both in St. Louis to talk opioid
abuse
KOLR: McCaskill seeks delay in Medicaid termination
for Ozarks Community Hospital
KSPR: McCaskill seeks solution for Ozarks Community
Hospital layoffs
CDT: Federal funds sent to University of Missouri to
train health care providers to work with "diverse populations" X
P-D: NGA director signals closer ties with community
at new north side headquarters
KC Star: See the KC Royals' White House visit through
the players' eyes +
The Missouri Times: Koster outlines tax cuts and
economic development on KMOX, says John Ashcroft supports raising gas
tax
SE
Missourian: Eric Greitens, Bev Randles make separate stops in
Cape Girardeau +
AP:
GOP lieutenant governor candidate Mike Parson slams shootings of
police, says he'd make Black Lives Matter targeting of officers a hate
crime
SNL: Invoking "All Lives Matter," Mike Parson wants to
make assaults on police a hate crime X
KY3: Ozarks leaders call for tougher penalties for
violence against officers
The Missouri Times: Missouri Sheriffs' Association
endorses Kurt Schaefer for attorney general
CDT: Iranian group calls Schaefer ad 'defamatory and
scandalous' in letter demanding it be pulled from air X
KWMU: Ameren Missouri and Sierra Club reach $2 million
settlement over air quality lawsuit
Drebes:
What Missouri politicos can learn from the fall of Noranda
Missourinet: MO Dept. of Agriculture investigating
numerous complaints about off-label use of pesticides in southeast
Missouri; Bill from Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) would increase
penalties for bad actors
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Conservation: It
will take years to control feral hogs
P-D: Black Lives Matter protesters disrupt traffic at
two intersections
P-D: Photo gallery: Obese women in ill-fitting
clothes, Caucasoid man making "Black Power" fist, more
P-D editorial: Tennessee as tax-cut role model for
Missouri? Never mind.
P-D editorial: Public Policy Polling promotes Missouri
poll to raise its profile
P-D letter: O'Fallon sexagenarian dislikes Show-Me
Institute, says think tank promotes economic inequality
P-D letter: St. Louis County man responds to letter
from gun-class instructor
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Thursday, July 21
KWMU: Billy Long: "The Democrats can't beat
Donald J. Trump, but the Republicans can. That's why the Republicans
need to get over their hard feelings."
Missourinet: Billy Long says Trump's messages are
popular with 7th District constituents
CDT: Local Republicans unite behind Trump
nomination; Thoughts from Tom Mendenhall, Sara Walsh, Jennifer
Bukowsky, Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport), others X
AP: Missouri delegation updates: Dave Spence on
John Kasich, Bev Ehlen on Hillary Clinton
KC Star: Ben Carson speaks to Missouri delegation +
P-D: Mother of police assailant Michael Brown to speak
at Democratic National Convention, says she doesn't know yet what she's
supposed to read
The Missouri Times: Greitens' $2M contribution from
"SEALs for Truth" highlights difference between Missouri and federal
systems
The Missouri Times: Infographic: Shady money in
GOP gov primary: "Patriots for America," "SEALs for Truth," "LG
PAC"
CDT: Hanaway speaks to area Pachyderms; Hanaway,
Kinder react to Greitens' temporarily-anonymous $2M contribution X
The Missouri Times: New Brunner ad highlights Eric
Greitens' Democratic past
AP: Primary preview: State treasurer:
Democrats Judy Baker and Pat Contreras
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Term-limited
Rep. Margo McNeil (D-Florissant) on Dem convention, spending eight
years serving in a legislative minority, her next bid for office, more
The Missouri Times: New state Senate primary poll
shows Democrat John Rizzo with 25-point lead over Jessica Podhola
KWMU: "Young Turks" in the city look to shape
Democratic party, one seat at a time; Liberal "Mobilize Missouri"
looks to boot most incumbents out of committee spots
AP:
Missouri unemployment up, but still below national average
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers and state agencies to
discuss land acquisitions and spending
KWMU: St. Louis Regional Chamber wants to boost
college completion
KWMU: Judge rejects efforts by charter-school parents
to join education funding suit
Missourinet: Columbia police chief: Attorney
general's data on "racial profiling" is flawed and gives biased picture
of reality
Washington Missourian: Due to recent ambushes, city
police officers to pair up on all calls X
Washington Missourian editorial: Jason Kander's claim
to be a "fifth-generation Missourian" is, at best, stretching the truth X
P-D editorial: Of all people, ex-Navy SEALs should
have the courage to not hide political money
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman supports Clay,
Wagner efforts on landfill
P-D letter: Area woman supports Raise Your Hand for
Kids' tobacco tax proposal
P-D letter: Area woman opposes Raise Your Hand for
Kids' tobacco tax proposal
P-D letter: Area woman who adopted Chinese kid
dislikes Hawley ad's use of "sneaky" Chinaman stereotype
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Wednesday, July 20
KWMU: Phyllis Schlafly praises Trump as the change GOP
needs, talks about power struggle at Eagle Forum: Opponents "were
planning on me dying quickly"
KC Star: Missouri's delegation, like the rest of the
convention, goes big for Donald Trump +
Missourinet: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) emphasizes
unity in Cleveland
Missourinet: Delegate updates: Thoughts from
Joplin's Nick Myers, KC's Jennifer Finch
KC Star: Missouri's John Hancock corrects Kansas
delegation, which attempted to claim the Kansas City Royals as their own +
KWMU: St. Louis' "Nuns on the Bus" take road trip to
Cleveland, Philadelphia for conventions
Missourinet: Quadrennial Missouri's-youngest-delegate
profile: Jeremy Wiggins
KC Star: Missouri delegates uninterested in media's
obsession with Melania Trump's speech +
SE
Missourian: Three 8th District GOP candidates compete for silver
medal in Jason Smith's primary victory +
The Missouri Times: Kander to skip convention,
continues to support Clinton after FBI investigation
KC Star: Kander will skip Democratic convention, cites
scheduling conflict +
SNL: Kander makes campaign stop at local organic food
store X
P-D: 1st potential debate host pulls out, citing
concerns over protester behavior; Wash U. October debate unchanged
Missourinet: Blunt: attacks on police show need
for greater access to mental health services for military
KWMU: Big bucks continue to flow in governor's
race; Koster lands $500k check from AFSCME
The Missouri Times: Greitens supporter's LG PAC takes
aim at Hanaway
KWMU: Primary preview: Kurt Schaefer vs. Josh
Hawley, Jake Zimmerman vs. Teresa Hensley
Columbia Missourian: Primary preview: Kurt
Schaefer vs. Josh Hawley
AP:
Primary preview: Primary preview: Kurt Schaefer vs. Josh
Hawley
The Missouri Times: Schaefer requests Hawley pull ads
with 'exaggerations' about Supreme Court experience
KWMU: Kander won't disqualify cigarette tax ballot
initiative, despite court decisions
KWMU: New law makes breaking kids out of hot cars legal
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon, legislators secure $10
million in funding for mental health initiative X
CDT: New University of Missouri division pulls
together civil rights offices X
St. Joseph News-Press: New law requires schools to
test for dyslexia X
KWMU: Judge dismisses suit against race-based
restrictions of St. Louis' deseg program
Waters: Members of the UM Review Commission are
respectable, so let's give them the benefit of the doubt X
P-D op-ed: Missouri gun bill will harm public safety
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Tuesday, July 19
KC Star: Kansas City ponders what might have been as
Cleveland opens its doors to GOP +
KSSZ (Columbia): Local delegate Sara Walsh:
Strong Trump support in Cleveland
CDT: Local delegates praise Pence, accept Trump as
convention begins X
KC Star: "Never Trump" forces lose rules fight on
convention floor +
U.S. News & World Report: A rocky start to GOP
unity in Cleveland
KC Star: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner describes Hillary
Clinton as "unfit" +
SE
Missourian: Medicare cuts pose problems for medical-equipment
suppliers, users; Comments from former state Rep. Pat Naeger
(R-Perryville) +
The Missouri Times: Kander finalizes Raise Your Hand
for Kids petition to be on ballot
KODE (Joplin): GOP gov candidates attend Jasper County
Lincoln Ladies Republican Women's Club event
The Missouri Times: Big-money updates: $1M to
Kinder, $310k to Hanaway, more
P-D: Kinder receives $1M from David Humphreys
AP: Primary preview: Dem, GOP candidates for
lieutenant governor
KY3: Former sheriff Mike Parson concerned about
emotional toll of shootings on law enforcement
CDT: Backyard brawl: Columbia is epicenter of
Josh Hawley vs. Kurt Schaefer knock-down drag-out fight X
The Missouri Times: Josh Hawley releases two new ads
CDT: Fact check: Hawley donor also sponsoring
independent ad campaign targeting Schaefer X
The Missouri Times: Jay Nixon endorses John Rizzo over
Jessica Podhola in state Senate primary
The Missouri Times: GOP state Senate candidate Michael
Carter focus of MEC complaint
The Missouri Times: House race tip sheet: A look
at the 20 hottest primaries
The Missouri Times: Rep. Randy Dunn (D-Kansas City)
says he caught opponent stealing yard signs; Derron Black gained
infamy in 2013 for taking microphone during James' "State of the City"
speech and shouting obscenities
P-D: GOP, rural Dem groups and candidates enjoy
popularity of gun raffles as fundraisers
Drebes:
Help wanted: Missouri House seeks budget analyst;
Candidates must be willing to deal with appropriations bills, interact
with legislators, staff and the public in exchange for $44k/yr.
Missourinet: Kraus predicts Missouri Legislature will
override Nixon's veto of photo ID bill
Columbia Missourian: MU's diversity division begins to
take shape; New office will oversee departments dealing with
handicapped, LGBTQ, "relationship and sexual violence prevention,"
Title IX complainers, etc.
P-D: Murderer transfered to St. Louis jail to await
retrial; Reginald Clemons and pals gang-raped two Hazelwood East
grads, then pushed them off Chain of Rocks bridge to their death
Missourinet: Missouri police union official:
double-digit increase in police officers killed
KWMU: Ambush leaves Ballwin officer paralyzed from the
waist down
P-D: Diners turn out en masse for fundraiser for
Ballwin officer; Michael Flamion was ambushed by career criminal
and St. Louis City resident Antoine Taylor
P-D: Gun lockup truck owner says he's getting
runaround from St. Louis; Entrepreneur seeks to offer those
venturing downtown a place to keep firearms, other valuables away from
thieves
P-D op-ed: Carol Size: Your right to vote
doesn't mean you can berate the poll workers
P-D's Nicklaus: Missouri needs to face its growth
challenge; State needs to pluck "low-hanging fruit" to stimulate
economy
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Remembering Gavin
Long: KC man was willing to die on his 29th birthday, a product
of "a continuing war against black men and women"
P-D letter: Union rep/Anne Zerr supporter dislikes
Sinquefield, Humphreys contributions to Bill Eigel in GOP state Senate
primary
CDT letter: Local liberal dislikes Waters' approach to
race, praises Concerned Student 1950 X
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Monday, July 18
KWMU:
Security high on delegates' minds as Republican National Convention
gets underway; Missouri delegation gives standing ovation to law
enforcement representative
KC
Star: Delegates to GOP convention applaud law enforcement, hope
to hear Trump address topic of domestic terrorism +
KC
Star: Cleveland rocks - in-low key fashion - for
convention; Downtown lacks over-the-top Trumpism +
KC
Star: Carl Bearden still holding out hope for "Never Trump"
movement's success +
Missourinet:
Jason Smith has one-on-one meeting with Trump; Congressman will
speak to millennials, rural delegates at convention this week
Riverfront
Times: Bernie Sanders supporters will march in St. Louis this
month
KC
Star: KC man kills three Baton Rouge police officers; Gavin
Long's YouTube videos applauded murder of Dallas officers, hinted at
"the sacrifices (he) will make" for black women and black youth +
KC
Star: "<X> things" journomeme: Six (6) things to know
about police assassin Gavin Long +
Missourinet:
KC resident Gavin Long kills three Baton Rouge police officers
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Sarah Steelman on Eric Greitens,
past battles with Gov. Matt Blunt, why Democrats' "ridiculous" views
lost them rural Missouri, more
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Catherine Hanaway; Mike
Carter vs. Bill Eigel vs. Anne Zerr; Panel of Jane Dueker, Tracy
McCreery, Matt Schelp, Carl Bearden
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Overtime edition: Mike Carter
vs. Bill Eigel vs. Anne Zerr
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Overtime edition: Panel
discusses Catherine Hanaway, how GOP candidates stack up against Chris
Koster, more
The
Missouri Times: Kinder receives endorsement from Navy SEALs
P-D:
SEALs of approval: Three members of elite force endorse Kinder
for governor
KODE:
Kinder campaigns in Joplin with support of former Navy SEALs
The
Missouri Times: NRA grades lead to Twitterfighting in GOP gov
race; Greitens claimed "highest rating" from NRA
P-D:
Attorney general primary previews: Kurt Schaefer vs. Josh Hawley,
Jake Zimmerman vs. Teresa Hensley
P-D:
Case of Kerry Messer's possibly-murdered wife tears apart conservative
lobbying team
AP:
Gun-making plant to fill economic void in Boonville, Missouri
Riverfront
Times: Your Missouri drug conviction could go away, thanks to new
law signed by Gov. Jay Nixon
P-D
editorial: Eric Greitens, you're better than this;
Candidate refuses to meet with Post-Dispatch editorial board
SE Missourian
editorial: SB 921 will increase safety and accountability +
WSJ
op-ed: Fred Barnes: Josh Hawley would be another attorney
general for the conservative legal army
P-D
letter: Ballwin man says legalizing marijuana will benefit
Missouri
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Sunday, July 17
KC Star: Republican National Convention preview:
Thoughts from anti-Trump organizer Carl Bearden, Jackson County GOP
leader Mark Anthony Jones, SW MO's Danette Proctor +
Columbia Missourian: Republican National Convention
preview: Thoughts from Sara Walsh, Jennifer Bukowsky
P-D: Republican National Convention preview:
Thoughts from MRP Chairman John Hancock
SNL: Republican National Convention preview:
Thoughts from Gordon Kinne, Chris Yaudas X
SE
Missourian: Carl Bearden seeks to dump Trump; Fellow
delegates Pat Thomas, Kay Hoflander say state delegation should honor
rules +
Drebes:
Massive heatwave may help prevent overdone, cringeworthy global warming
"jokes" from Republicans in Cleveland
KWMU: Complaint alleges local landlord protected some
properties - but not others - from Section 8 residents
AP:
Kander deciding what to do on tobacco tax after court ruling
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Catherine Hanaway; State senate primary
candidates Anne Zerr, Bill Eigel and Michael Carter; Panel discusses
GOP gov primary, presidential race
The Missouri Times: Statewide tip sheet: Each
campaign's trajectory, cash on hand, consultants, more
CDT: Fact check: Schaefer's anti-Hawley ad is
factually true, but misleading X
The Missouri Times: State Senate tip sheet: Bill
Eigel vs. Anne Zerr, Rick Stream vs. Andrew Koenig, John Rizzo vs.
Jessica Podhola, Scott Sifton's re-election, more
Drebes: David Humphreys contributes $25k to woman
running for judge against Kevin Elmer; Elmer filed Sunshine
lawsuit against Josh Hawley
KWMU: Judge dismisses suit against race-based
restrictions of St. Louis' deseg programs
P-D: Judge rejects black woman's suit over charter
school admission
SE
Missourian: Body cameras prove useful to area law-enforcement
agencies +
P-D: Black Lives Matter protesters disrupt traffic in
downtown St. Louis; Hazelwood man: "Good for them. I'm just
trying to get to my son's baseball game."
Washington Missourian editorial: It's time for GOP gov
candidates to stop avoiding transportation issue X
Washington Missourian editorial: Mizzou enters
"interim" era X
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian dislikes
Schaefer and Hawley, says they should both go back to law school
P-D letter: St. Louis woman disagrees with Show-Me
Institute's James Shuls on school choice
P-D letter: Olivette man dislikes Post-Dispatch
coverage of Mizzou
P-D letter: Breckenridge Hills man wonders why
Post-Dispatch is on a "witch hunt" against Steve Stenger regarding
election tablets, election board location
KC Star letter: Raymore nonagenarian offers life
tips: Use your brain, stop overindulging in alcohol and tobacco,
and take a nap after lunch +
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Saturday, July 16
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies previews
Republican National Convention
KC Star: Nonprofit's 'street medics' head to
Republican National Convention in case they're needed;
Professionals will stand by to help decent people impacted by savagery +
P-D: Blunt, other Republicans praise Trump's selection
of Pence
The Missouri Times: Public Policy Polling (D) issues
poll numbers for Donald Trump, "Deez Nuts," "a meteor crashing into the
Earth," other attention-seeking polling gimmicks
KC Star: Democrats promote Democratic poll on "equal
pay," U.S. Senate race, more +
Faughn: On Public Policy Polling's gambit to help Dem
candidates raise money in "close" races; Imagining the
ridiculousness of Josh Hawley in the AG office; more
The Missouri Times: Raise Your Hand for Kids ballot
issue opponents declare victory; supporters urge Kander to
approve signatures
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court will not weigh in on
ruling that could kill proposed tobacco tax hike
The Missouri Times: July quarterly reports:
Governor
The Missouri Times: July quarterly reports:
Lieutenant governor
The Missouri Times: July quarterly reports:
Secretary of State
The Missouri Times: July quarterly reports:
State Treasurer
The Missouri Times: July quarterly reports:
Attorney general
KWMU: GOP candidates for governor embark on TV ad
spending spree
SE
Missourian: Former Navy SEALs endorse Kinder for governor +
AP: Koster raises $3.5M in quarter
CDT: Judy Baker attends Dem candidate forum, while
opponent Pat Contreras does not; Former state rep says she'd push
for "equal pay" for women and minorities X
CDT: Martha Stevens, Stephen Webber outpace opponents
in quarterly fundraising X
CDT: Cathy Richards seeks to pin 'liberal' label on
Martha Stevens in 46th District race X
Rosenbaum: In city state rep race, Bruce Franks mounts
latest challenge to the Hubbards
AP: Nixon names longtime aide Ted Ardini of Columbia
to Missouri appeals court
Missourinet: Jeanne Sinquefield chosen as chair, Gary
Forsee as vice chair of UM commission
CDT: Jeanne Sinquefield to lead University of Missouri
Review Commission X
The Missouri Times: Sinquefield, Forsee leading UM
Review Commission
Columbia Missourian: University of Missouri Review
Commission to look at governance, diversity, distance learning,
academic programs
P-D: Panel reviewing University of Missouri has first
meeting despite slashed funding
P-D: Vaccine to prevent meningitis added to school
requirements; Comments from Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior
Services' Ryan Hobart
CDT: Nixon signs Missouri adoptee rights bill;
Paper includes several quotes from bill sponsor Don Phillips, but omits
his political party (Republican) X
KWMU: Federal data shows heated nuclear waste from
West Lake Landfill does not produce more radiation; Comments from
Republic Services, area activist/amateur epidemiologist Dawn Chapman
KC Star: Black Lives Matter demonstrators congregate,
take a walk, yell +
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon should not have
signed bill that restricts access to police videos X
Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover: Crime-spree
coverage highlights sensitivity policy: Paper didn't report race
of crime suspects because it could have "nurture(d) negative images of
an entire race"
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Friday, July 15
P-D: McCaskill says Ginsburg "maybe went a little too
far" in displaying her anti-Trump bias
KC Star: Missouri Republicans applaud Trump's apparent
selection of Mike Pence; Jack Oliver: Pence is "yang to
Trump's yin" +
KC Star: GAO report - requested by McCaskill -
criticizes Energy Department's handling of whistleblower complaints +
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on anti-opioid
funding; Brunner and Greitens on their mutual disdain;
Nixon on deadly-force bill +
P-D: Local issues unresolved as Congress splits for
summer break
KNPN (St. Joseph): Greitens visits St. Joseph, touts
his success in recent poll
The Missouri Times: Greitens releases two new ads
KWMU: Primary preview: Jay Ashcroft vs. Will
Kraus in GOP SOS primary
The Missouri Times: Police groups endorse Eric Schmitt
KRCG: Josh Hawley says outsider needed in AG office
KMIZ: Fact-check: Kurt Schaefer vs. Josh Hawley
ads
KOLR: Fact-check: PAC ties AG candidate Kurt
Schaefer to legislation allowing foreign ownership of farms
The Missouri Times: Supreme Court decision on RYH4K
leaves Koster with unprecedented choice
Columbia Missourian: Dems Cathy Richards and Martha
Stevens debate; Stevens wants Medicaid expansion, while Richards
shuns "progressive" label
Drebes:
Man running against Rep. Lyndall Fraker (R-Marshfield) in primary
raises no money
P-D: Rep. Don Gosen (R-Chesterfield) considering
comeback after getting his life together
KMOX: Hancock and Kelley headline "Pints and Politics"
event in Webster Groves
The Missouri Times: Scott Holste takes over as Nixon's
director of communications; Dem veteran has provided steady hand
for Nixon for more than two decades
KSDK: Kinder recognizes St. Louis Sheriff Jim Murphy
(D) for years of service
Missourinet: State Patrol warns Missourians to be safe
while playing Pokemon Go app
AP:
New Missouri law will require review of welfare rolls
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs landlord-tenant bill,
others
KWMU: University review commission to hold first
meeting Friday at Missouri Capitol
Missourinet: Rep. Bill Lant (R-Pineville) wants to
explore expansion of child court advocates
AP:
Missouri regulators reject portion of multistate power line
KWMU: "Witnessing Whiteness" author pushes new
book; Caucasoid woman talks about white privilege
P-D editorial: Of course Andy Blunt took his clients
to Washington
P-D editorial: Regulatory agencies treating West Lake
Landfill like a hot potato; Ann Wagner must keep "pounding the
table" on behalf of residents
KC Star editorial: University of Missouri system had a
terrific year; GOP gov candidates wrong to criticize MU +
Priddy:
Greitens' "ISIS Hunting Permits" are sick; The idea of killing
radical Islamic terrorists is not the least bit funny, at all
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls:
Outsourcing public education
Waters: Response to "black anger" and Brandon
Ellington's complaints about police: Maybe black people should
stop killing each other; "(W)e need reform of the black culture
just as surely" X
SE
Missourian letter: Area woman applauds child-custody bill from
Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) +
P-D letter: Tim Barnhart, f/k/a political blogger "St.
Louis Oracle": County should keep using new elections software,
but Stenger should return campaign donation from vendor
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Thursday, July 14
KMOX: Hillary Clinton holds fundraiser in St. Louis
City's Lafayette Square area
The Missouri Times: Public Policy Polling (D) to
release strong Clinton, Kander, Koster numbers at liberal Netroots
Nation event in St. Louis tomorrow
Kraske: The Chat: Roll Call notes that
Washington, D.C. Dems praise Kander; John Bolton on anti-Hawley
ads +
KWMU: Mobile food trucks bring "free" meals to young
urbanites; Parents unable to provide for their offspring send
kids to the street for taxpayer-funded handouts
KWMU: Clay, Wagner lose patience as bill to transfer
authority of West Lake Landfill remains in limbo
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court declines to hear
tobacco-tax case, leaving ballot measure in limbo
The Missouri Times: Supreme Court refuses transfer on
RYH4K petition case
KC Star: GOP gov candidates debate in St. Louis +
P-D: Allegations fly between Greitens, Brunner in
latest Missouri gov debate
The Missouri Times: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
joins Catherine Hanaway on campaign tour
The Missouri Times: Gun Owners of America endorses
John Brunner
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Will Kraus
on his SOS bid, Jay Ashcroft's failure to follow through on voter ID
petition, Hillary Clinton helping Republicans turn out GOP base, more
KC Star: Kit Bond endorses Josh Hawley in GOP AG
primary +
KC Star: In Missouri AG race, Kurt Schaefer facing
barrage of attack ads by out-of-state groups
+
The Missouri Times: Schaefer celebrates as pro-Hawley
ad removed from airwaves
Missourinet: Missouri Public Defender Commission sues
Nixon for withholding budget funds
CDT: Budget restriction will not slow plans for
historical society move X
KWMU: Nixon signs use of force update, 6 other bills
into law
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs bill to update
Missouri's use-of-force statute
Missourinet: Nixon signs fix for sentencing of
juvenile murderers
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs Schmitt's legislation
banning ticket quotas
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby) fears
MoDOT could stop using sheltered workplaces
CDT: Two large contributions offset decline in Mizzou
donations X
P-D: Big donations provide cover for poor Mizzou
fundraising; Gifts of $25M, $14M offset loss of smaller donations
KWMU: Judge weighing legal standing of charter-school
parents in education funding suit
P-D: Judge considers letting charter school parents
enter funding dispute
The Missouri Times: Missouri's Department of Insurance
Director John Huff nominated to national board
KWMU: Schupp, Nasheed, Newman seek to repeal abortion
laws after similar rules struck down in Texas
Missourinet: Todd Scott, General Counsel to Senate
Majority Republicans, says Dem gals' abortion effort will go nowhere
Missourinet: Shooting in St. Louis: 2 dead, 1
hospitalized, officer hit by ricochet
P-D: St. Louis City career criminal shoots and injures
cop, also kills two city residents hanging out on porch
P-D: University City man points gun at officers, tries
to carjack motorist
P-D: St. Louis City criminal, arrested for parole
violation, charged with assaulting police officer
KWMU: Former law enforcement officials - including
former St. Louis City Police Chief Dan Isom - discuss recent police
controversies
KWMU: "St. Louis on the Air": "Witnessing
Whiteness" author promotes her second book about the atrocities of
white privilege: "Living in the Tension"
Columbia Missourian: MU Black Studies Department plays
1990 Flavor Flav/Chuck D ditty "Fear of a Black Planet"; Fifteen
(15) people share their interpretations
KC Star editorial: GOP contest for attorney general is
nasty, costly; Dem primary is calmer +
KC Star letter: Area couple says Laura Herrick's
advice to help women avoid rape should be posted on every sorority
bulletin board +
SNL letter: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield):
Anthem-Cigna merger makes sense X
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Wednesday, July 13
P-D: Nixon communications director Channing Grate to
serve as deputy chief of staff for Hillary Clinton campaign
KWMU: New U.S. Senate numbers: Roy Blunt raises
$2.3M in quarter, with $7M on hand; Jason Kander raises $1.75M
with $4M on hand
KC Star: Money rains down in Missouri's U.S. Senate
race +
P-D: Blunt outpaces Kander in fundraising
P-D: GOP gov candidates to debate tonight at
Lindenwood University
Kraske: Peter Kinder on keeping grown men out of
girls' restrooms; Chuck Basye on GOP AG primary +
KWMU: Lt. gov primary previews: Russ Carnahan
vs. Tommy Pierson, Mike Parson vs. Bev Randles
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court asked to weigh in on
tobacco tax case
The Missouri Times: Kander files motion for rehearing
in Raise Your Hand for Kids initiative petition
Drebes:
Missouri Ethics Commission fines Democratic committeewoman and Ferguson
media celebrity Patricia "Patricialicious" Bynes $9,679
Missourinet: Medicaid eligibility verification bill
awaits Nixon's action
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Senath-Hornersville, Clarkton hold local
migrant summer school; Missouri departments help provide
opportunities for hardworking Mexicans who choose to enter the U.S.
legally +
The Missouri Times: A look at what's next for Uber in
Missouri
Missourinet: New law might force company to stop
offering fantasy sports games in Missouri
The Missouri Times: PSC forces Office of Public
Counsel to defend overearnings complaint
Missouri Farmer Today: Programs help farmers protect
land, resources; Comments from Missouri Dept. of Conservation
Interim Director Tom Draper
KWMU: Public has two days to comment on potential
monitors of Ferguson consent decree
P-D: Ballwin officer shot by St. Louis City
resident/career criminal Antoine Taylor "forever changed" by injuries,
department says
AP: National Black Prosecutors group meets in St. Louis
Columbia Missourian: MU Black Studies Department hosts
"Fear of a Black Planet" open-mic event; Ethnomusicology
professor expects millennials to be inspired by 1990 song co-written by
Flavor Flav
P-D editorial: Forget rinky-dink "revolving door"
proposals: Chris Koster, GOP candidates taking too much money in
the form of large donations
KC Star editorial: New charter school holds great
promise in Kansas City's urban core +
Waters: Observations on expensive, over-the-top Kurt
Schaefer vs. Josh Hawley GOP AG primary X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Voter ID proposal
is costly, discriminatory
CDT op-ed: Black Caucus Chair Brandon Ellington
(D-Kansas City): Time for a revolution is upon us; Black
Americans will care enough to rise up, fight injustice, "deconstruct
the very institutions that have been used for suppression," etc. X
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Tuesday, July 12
P-D: Man who broke into officer's home made online
threats: "Look man you better leave me alone or imma [sic] coming looking for yoy [sic]"
KMOX: Children's lemonade stand raises $4,000 for
injured Ballwin officer; Community unites to support man shot by
career criminal Antoine Taylor
Missourinet: Nixon to represent Missouri at memorial
service for officers murdered in Dallas
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon pays respects to fallen
Dallas officers; AFL-CIO boss on MO gov race; More +
KWMU: Police union, NAACP seek different police policy
changes
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: After airing
Harris-Stowe theatre professor's theories on proper policing, station
hosts actual law enforcement officers to discuss law enforcement
Missourinet: Republicans gather in Cleveland to debate
whether to make Missouri a closed primary state
KC Star: Hillary Clinton makes history, but young
women are lukewarm; Insight from McCaskill, Kay Barnes +
AP:
Tobacco tax faces uncertainty after court ruling
Drebes:
Update on statewide candidates' $5k+ totals for July quarter
KWMU: Missouri GOP candidates for governor launch new
ads, gain new outside help and engage in new debate
The Missouri Times: Remington poll: Outsiders
lead in Republican primary: 21% still undecided in governor's race
AP:
Missouri GOP gov candidates respond to questions about SJR 39,
self-identifying females using women's restrooms, more
AP:
Former U.S. AG Michael Mukasey, assistant AG John Bolton criticize Kurt
Schaefer's anti-Hawley "Taliban" ad
CDT: GOP primaries become heated; Rep. Chuck
Basye (R-Rocheport) says Schaefer vs. Hawley could get "even nastier" X
Missourinet: Missouri KidsFirst's Emily van
Schenkhof: Freeze of money for Missouri Children's Division coud
hurt kids
KWMU: With new law, Missouri sheriffs will be able to
help each other with less red tape
Missourinet: Missouri bill to help adoptees get birth
certificates signed into law
The Missouri Times: Missouri Innovation Campus:
Education at the speed of business; Program offers millennials
opportunity to gain employment, graduate debt-free
KMOV: Thanks to law sponsored by Schmitt, cannabis oil
helping St. Louis boy with epilepsy
The Missouri Times: Certificate of Need meeting sees
over $300 million approved for projects
CDT: Proposed psychiatric hospital gets go-ahead from
state panel X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farmers Care names Cooper
County an 'Agri-Ready County'
KWMU: Five years after bringing back endangered beetle
species, Missouri Dept. of Conservation assesses success
Missourinet: FEMA urges Missourians to use mobile app
for severe weather help
KC Star editorial: Kansas City needs Uber, with rules
attached +
P-D editorial: St. Louis County election-tablet
contract doesn't pass the smell test
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says Post-Dispatch
has been fanning flames of race ever since Michael Brown's attack on
Darren Wilson
KC Star letters: Paper wrong to apologize for column
suggesting women exert some self-control; Matt Blunt's
administration cut state spending +
Columbia Missourian letter: Ed Meese, Michael
Mukasey: Schaefer jab at Hawley unfair, misleading
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Monday, July 11
P-D: Black Lives Matter supporter breaks into
officer's home, gets killed
KWMU: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka visits St.
Louis; Labor leader talks Trump's appeal, defending
anti-'right-to-work' GOP state reps, Koster and Kander, more
KWMU: Primary preview: Lacy Clay vs. Maria
Chappelle-Nadal
The Missouri Times: John Brunner calls Eric Greitens
'just another liberal'
P-D: SOS primary preview: Jay Ashcroft vs. Will
Kraus for Republicans, Robin Smith and others for Dems
This Week in Missouri Politics: Democratic AG
candidate Teresa Hensley; Democratic state treasurer candidates
Judy Baker and Pat Contreras
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Democratic
AG candidate Jake Zimmerman chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
campaign finance, calming racial tensions, more
St. Joseph News-Press: Budget withhold may delay
Little Otter Creek X
Brownfield Ag News: Series of Missouri meetings assess
mood in agriculture; Comments from MO Ag Director Richard Fordyce
SE
Missourian: Thanks to new law, Southeast must put sex-crime
agreements with police in writing +
KWMU: In the shadow of provisional accreditation, St.
Louis magnet high schools have plenty of open seats
AP:
Nixon signs bill limiting access to police videos
Missourinet: Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) hopes
recent violence will give renewed attention to body-camera and other
police-related bills
KCTV: Social media erupts after KC Star publishes
piece on rape prevention
KCTV: Text of Laura Herrick's op-ed suggesting women
exercise self-control, watch their alcohol intake and not drink
themselves into oblivion
JCNT editorial: Block unnecessary, undesirable photo ID X
P-D editorial: Missouri should avoid contracting with
private prisoner-transport companies
Priddy: On Nixon and budget withholds
P-D op-ed: Jeanette Mott Oxford responds to Heartland
Institute's response to Post-Dispatch response to welfare cuts
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Sunday, July 10
KWMU: Officer ambushed by St. Louis City resident and
parolee Antoine Taylor identified
P-D: Officer ambushed in attack identified
P-D: St. Louis area officers, support groups hold
vigil for slain police
KWMU: St. Louis police chaplains minister to officers
after Ballwin shooting
SNL: Black Lives Matter rally brings 200
downtown: Signs include "Dear pigs: What goes around comes
around," "Color blind = white privilege," etc.
X
CDT: Despite split on profiling, police and black
leaders vow cooperation to improve relations
X
Columbia Missourian: Area NAACP chapter, police hold
joint press conference to discuss "healing"
P-D: Man-on-the-street interviews re: police
putting down criminals and the targeting of white officers
KC Star: Man-on-the-street interviews re: police
putting down criminals and the targeting of white officers +
P-D: Photo galleries: Black Lives Matter
protesters disrupt peaceful Ferguson concert, block downtown St. Louis
commute of people who work, more
KWMU: Monday deadline looms for tobacco-tax backers to
appeal devastating court ruling
CDT: Court-ordered changes create uncertain future for
early childhood education initiative X
SNL: In crowded gov race, GOP contenders woo
Springfield voters X
Drebes:
Charlie Wheeler, whose name will appear on Dem primary ballot for
governor, files campaign committee
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Dem AG candidate Teresa Hensley; Dem treasurer
candidates Judy Baker and Pat Contreras discuss their campaigns
SE
Missourian: Josh Hawley, Kurt Schaefer spar over 'terrorist' ad
claim +
KWMU: Nixon signs police video shield legislation
P-D: GOP veteran Scott Leiendecker's
election-equipment company wins county contract; Rep. Shamed
Dogan (R-Ballwin) says County Exec Steve Stenger (D) guilty of "pay to
play"
Columbia Missourian: Missouri joins other states
pushing "zipper merge" when approaching lane closures
KC Star editorial: Overview of GOP gov primary +
KC Star's Tony Berg: Paper's publisher apologizes for
Saturday op-ed, removes it from website; Area woman suggested
that women who don't want to get raped might try some self-control and
not get themselves blackout drunk +
Waters: MU Review Commission members won't get to
"force themselves" on entire community; Commission might not
escalate to level of choking, but won't reach satisfactory pain
threshold either X
Washington Missourian editorial: Response to recent
police controversies: Black communities should do more to curb
their own violence; Franklin County residents understandably
avoid going into St. Louis, "a high-crime city where there are killings
just about every night" X
P-D letter: Sunset Hills man says Hanaway is a career
politician
P-D letter: Site director for local charity wants Rex
Sinquefield to stop with the political contributions and give even more
to charity
Washington Missourian letter: Franklin County Sheriff
Gary Toelke (R) explains his concerns over concealed-carry bill X
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Saturday, July 9
P-D: Ballwin police officer fighting for his life
after shooting; Career criminal Antoine Taylor of St. Louis City
captured; McCulloch (D): "It was clearly an ambush"
Missourinet: Officials: St. Louis City's Antoine
Taylor ambushed police officer
Missourinet: Union leader Jeff Roorda: Law
enforcement has been "irresponsibly demonized" since Michael Brown's
attack on Darren Wilson
P-D: Nixon delays overseas trip after St. Louis City
criminal ambushes police officer
KC Star: Two years after Michael Brown's strong-arm
robbery of minority business owner, locals react to Ballwin
ambush; Comments from Eric Schmitt, others +
KC Star: At downtown event, some Black Lives Matters
protesters not impressed with pastors' "unity" message +
P-D: Black Lives Matter protesters march through
downtown, disrupt rush-hour commute of people who work
P-D editorial board editor Tod Robberson: Urban
survival tips for living in the "Caution Zone" of "integrated, diverse"
St. Louis City neighborhoods: Do not carry a firearm to protect
yourself, and give muggers everything they demand
Columbia Missourian: 'Grieve-in' draws 150 in Columbia
CDT: 'Grieve-in' features complaints about police
brutality X
Columbia Missourian: Social-media reaction to police
controversies: Area millennial takes selfie to help make
controversy about him, etc.
Drebes:
White House interns with Missouri connections: KC girl who goes
to Wellesley, East Coast boys who go to Wash U.
The Missouri Times: Early childhood initative petition
rewritten by appeals judge; Reaction from James Harris, Ron Leone
CDT: Josh Hawley, Kurt Schaefer landing big donations
as GOP primary for attorney general intensifies X
SE
Missourian: Josh Hawley: Schaefer has run "sleaziest"
campaign in Missouri +
P-D: As she leaves Democratic Committewoman role,
Patricia Bynes admits to multiple ethics violations; Ferguson
media sensation/Twitter celebrity "Patricialicious" paid $1,539 to
psychic from campaign account
P-D: To balance budget, Nixon cuts brain injury
funding a second time
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs omnibus public safety
bill that includes police recording provisions
The Missouri Times: Missouri Highways and
Transportation Commission approves 2017-2021 Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program
Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood looks to ask
court to clear way to resume abortions in Columbia
P-D: Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St. Peters), not running for
re-election, moves into new house outside of his district; Rep.
Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis): "It's probably not that big of a deal"
P-D: Gay man sets up scholarship program for LGBTQIA
students
P-D editorial: Response to Ballwin ambush and other
violence against white police officers: Do not fan the flames of
fear, this is a time for unity, etc.
KC Star editorial: Response to Dallas sniper's murder
of white police officers: Don't react with anger, let's continue
to push for more gun-control laws, this is a time for unity, etc. +
P-D editorial briefs: PDMP and heroin antidote
KC Star op-ed: Teacher/author Laura Herrick: Are
you a woman that doesn't want to get raped? Maybe exert some
self-discipline and don't drink yourself into oblivion. +
P-D letter: Response to Post-Dispatch cartoon
criticizing police officers for "itchy trigger finger"
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Friday, July 8
KWMU: Today's "St. Louis on the Air": How to
talk to your children about police shootings; No guests
representing law enforcement, but expert insight from Harris-Stowe
State University theatre professor
P-D: After Dallas "Black Lives Matter" rally ends with
11 cops shot and five dead, St. Louis officers will work only in pairs
Riverfront Times: In Ferguson, Caucasoid protester
blocks traffic and gets bumped for his troubles; Woman driving
sedan goes along with her day after overcoming human speed bumps
Columbia Missourian: Race protest draws less than 50
in Columbia; Organizers hope for more at "Grieve-In" tonight,
promise event will be "loud"
KC Star: Blunt, Hartzler meet with Trump; No
immediate response from Graves' office +
AP: Ann Wagner attends Trump talks, confirms she's
voting for him
P-D: Andy Blunt came to Washington - was it
lobbying? Dems say yes, Blunt says no
Faughn: Predicting Trump's margin of victory in
non-urban Missouri areas; If former Barack Obama cheerleader Eric
Greitens is a conservative outsider, Scott Faughn is a skinny male
model; more
Hannnibal Courier-Post: Seasoned citizen seeks
attention for independent U.S. Senate campaign; Patrick Lee's
gimmicks include green shoes, dressing up like Thomas Jefferson, "kick
the can" gag, etc. X
KCUR: Fact-checking Missouri GOP gubernatorial
candidates on Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times: Hanaway outlines economic plan in
Holts Summit
JCNT: Hanaway announces jobs plan X
The Missouri Times: Greitens donor carries connection
to Trump, but also controversy
P-D: New "Political Fix" podcast:
Political/national editor Christopher Ave, political reporter Kevin
McDermott discuss GOP gov primary
The Missouri Times: Schmitt launches "Protect Life
Coalition"
KC Star: Kurt Schaefer, Josh Hawley attract big bucks
from top benefactors Rex Sinquefield and David Humphreys +
The Missouri Times: Nixon officially names Keaveny to
judgeship; Rep. Karla May (D-St. Louis) will have name on ballot
against Jake Hummel in September special election
Missourinet: Keaveny leaves early, takes job as
Workers' Comp judge
Missourinet: Nixon vetoes voter photo ID bill
The Missouri Times: Nixon vetoes voter photo ID law
KWMU: Nixon vetoes photo ID voting requirement
AP: Nixon vetoes photo ID requirement
Missourinet: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) will seek
veto override on Missouri Medicaid bill, says he'd like to see
recipients "change (their) behavior a little bit" and stop flaking on
doctors/medical staff
Missourinet: Rep. Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) to seek
override of veto on Missouri public employee administrative leave
changes
The Missouri Times: Statewide offices to be audited in
anticipation of transitions
KWMU: UMSL institutes "quick admit" program to boost
enrollment numbers
SE
Missourian: Ameren seeks increase in gas, electric rates +
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri Democratic
Party is not trustworthy; State party officials misattribute
liberal Post-Dispatch anti-Blunt comments to Missourian, then "slander"
the paper X
Washington Missourian editorial: Schatz - and GOP
legislators - need to listen to sheriffs; Gun bill is reckless
and deserved Nixon's override X
Messenger: Kurt Schaefer shows his cards on Planned
Parenthood inquiry. He's got nothing.
Forbes op-ed: Is Kurt Schaefer importing shady
Illinois values into Missouri? AG candidate takes in hefty haul
from those receiving state contracts
SNL letter: Springfield man says Blunt should support
giving SCOTUS nominee a hearing X
SNL letter: Area septuagenarian applauds Blunt for
supporting Zika funding, but isn't so fond of other Congresscritters X
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Thursday, July 7
P-D:
Roy Blunt radio ads tie Jason Kander to Barack Obama, Hillary
Clinton; Kander campaign offers refutation of key points
KWMU:
Missouri GOP contenders for governor mince no words during heated debate
Rosenbaum:
Takeaways from a combative and illuminating GOP gubernatorial debate
P-D:
Greitens' debate opponents put him on defense over campaign donor, gun
commercial
AP:
Days after Louisiana police put down career criminal, candidates for
governor spend portion of debate talking about officer-involved
shootings and oversight
P-D:
Sinquefield and subsidiaries contribute $4.45 million in June;
Top beneficiaries are Catherine Hanaway, Kurt Schaefer, Bev Randles
KWMU:
Appeals court to decide fate of cigarette tax increase
KMOX:
Lobbyist Kerry Messer says police are trying to implicate him in case
of missing wife
Kraske:
The Chat: Kurt Schaefer on Planned Parenthood investigation +
The
Missouri Times: Progress Missouri mocks "Kurt's Kangaroo Kourt"
The
Missouri Times: Nixon signs bill to enable state review of
Obamacare
Missourinet:
Voter photo ID bill awaits Nixon's action; Kraus says he expects
a veto
KWMU:
Missouri government's 'roller coaster' income prompts delay in tax cut
The
Missouri Times: Nixon restricts $115.5 million to balance budget
Missourinet:
Nixon freezes $115.5 million in Missouri budget
Missourinet:
Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) agrees: Missouri budget
withholds are needed
KWMU:
Nixon withholds $115 million from Missouri's new budget
AP: Nixon
restricts $115.5 million in new or increased spending
SNL:
Money for local schools, colleges hung up as governor withholds $115
million from budget X
P-D:
Less new money for public defenders in Missouri as Nixon slashes $115
million from budget
SE
Missourian: Nixon signs bill from Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape
Girardeau) to equalize child-custody criteria +
The
Missouri Times: 'Bring Jobs Home Act' and port investment bill
signed by Nixon
CDT:
University of Missouri Review Commission members pledge to carry on
despite Nixon's budget restriction X
Missourinet:
University of Missouri projects fall enrollment to drop by 2,600
P-D:
With fall enrollment looking 'grim,' Mizzou hopes to convince
international students to attend
Washington
Missourian: As program undergoes changes at state level, A+
program thrives at Union High School; Hardworking students choose
to challenge themselves X
KC
Star: Uber and Kansas City are poised to battle again over
regulations +
P-D
editorial: For Missouri budget, bad news is good news if tax cuts
get reversed
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: Social worker says Missouri's lack of Medicaid
expansion is so sad that it made her weep while driving and daydreaming
KC
Star letter: Man who lives in Emanuel Cleaver's district says all
members of Congress should be kicked out in November +
P-D
letter: Webster Groves liberal mocks GOP gov candidates'
priorities
P-D
letter: Sierra Club's John Hickey says EPA continues to let
Ameren plant pollute the air
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Wednesday, July 6
Roll Call: The Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton
problem; Jason Kander - running in a state expected to back Trump
- calls Clinton's e-mail server choice "a mistake"
KC Star: MRP's John Hancock, candidates'
communications staff weigh in on Loretta Lynch's no-prosecute call +
NBC Nightly News: Video: McCaskill fighting for
WWII vets exposed to mustard gas
Kraske: The Chat: Vicky Hartzler on economic
impact of Alzheimer's; Hanaway on "revolving-door" restrictions +
KWMU: Voter registration for August primary ends
today; St. Louis City Elections Director Mary Wheeler-Jones (D)
recommends not relying on USPS employees to get paperwork delivered on
time
Drebes: Missouri Taxpayer Protection Amendment revs
up; Move would cement services' state-tax-free status
KWMU: Missouri GOP gov candidates to debate tonight at
7 p.m.; Debate available via old-timey radio frequency or
Facebook stream
KC Star: Will Kraus opens blistering attack on Jay
Ashcroft, suggests SOS rival was dismissed from Merchant Marines for
bad behavior +
The Missouri Times: John Rizzo, seeking to finish off
Jessica Podhola in Dem state Seante primary, buys big in KC TV markets
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mark Boyko
(D) takes on Tom Eagleton's nephew for right to fill Dem ballot slot
against either Andrew Koenig or Rick Stream
Missourinet: Nixon announces bipartisan delegation to
U.K., Ireland and Switzerland
The Missouri Times: Nixon to tour European nations
with legislators
P-D: Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA)
to add 365 jobs
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs Rowden's "Meet in
Missouri Act" to attract more conventions to state
Columbia Missourian: "Let's Talk About Driving" aids
challenging conversations; Campaign helps get olds off the road
AP: Nixon vetoes charging for missed Medicaid
appointments; Those receiving taxpayer-subsidized care can
continue to flake on doctors, support staff without penalty
The Missouri Times: Sanctity of Life Committee members
release findings on Planned Parenthood
Missourinet: Senate Republicans: Investigation
of Planned Parenthood protocols raises red flags; GOP's next step
unknown
CDT: Senate Republicans questions Planned Parenthood's
handling of fetal remains X
P-D: Senate Republicans: Planned Parenthood
probe led to 'more questions than it has answers'
The Missouri Times: Missouri Dept. of Labor and
Industrial Relations' annual conference to feature Nicole Galloway,
former Seattle Supersonic Isaac "Bud" Stallworth, others
KWMU: So long, Special Administrative Board?
Talks to move less-than-accredited St. Louis Public Schools back to
elected board called positive and cooperative
KWMU: Kelvin Adams signs new 3-year contract as St.
Louis Public Schools superintendent; Supe will subsist on
$225,000/yr. salary, but monthly car allowance rises from $300/month to
$800/month
The Missouri Times: Ameren files rate case in response
to Noranda closing
P-D: Six months in, St. Louis' criminal crowd matches
their 2015 homicide performance; St. Louis City homicides lead
St. Louis County tally 94-31
KWMU: KWMU announces new arts/culture/health/science
editor: Newcomer David Cazares describes his perceived problems
with St. Louis suburbs' "apparent wealth" and "disparity of economic
fortunes rooted in unequal history"
P-D editorial: Service-injured vets are getting the
runaround - but McCaskill is doing her best to help
P-D op-ed: Wash U associate psychology prof:
Missouri gun proposal could be deadly in scenarios where a gun owner
was easily spooked
P-D letter: Spanish Lake woman wants Ameren to give
her a break
P-D letter: Clayton woman says Ameren's impact on air
quality a more important issue than "guns, abortion and terrorism"
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Tuesday, July 5
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on his advice to
Trump; Greitens on bumper-sticker gimmick; MO Budget
Director Dan Haug on state revenue growth +
SE
Missourian: Blunt speaks at annual naturalization ceremony:
"Legal immigration is one of the things that made our country as great
as it is." +
KWIX/KRES (Moberly): Vicky Hartzler on Alzheimer's
research, as well as defense bill's impact on Whiteman AFB and Boeing
jets
Missourinet: Digs at NGA site turn up evidence of
urban history; North St. Louis City was once home to middle-class
business owners and others that worked for a living
KWMU: Missouri Farm Bureau: Cookout-food prices
lower in Missouri than national average
P-D: Koster, GOP gov candidates seek to restrict how
and when ex-legislators can make a living after leaving office
KC Star: Summary of David Humphreys'
contributions: Cash to Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson),
Silvey's Dem opponent, candidates challenging pro-union GOP state reps
in primaries +
Missourinet: Rep. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) will
seek veto overturn on Missouri employee ownership tax break bill
Missourinet: Missouri Senate GOP to discuss Planned
Parenthood investigation
JCNT editorial: Bill providing oversight of taxing
entities is welcomed X
SNL editorial: Springfield is ready for Uber; As
company seeks to change Missouri law, city takes methodical and
measured approach to open up X
P-D letter: Ballwin accountant says Missouri's taxing
of 401(k) cash flow helps state budget
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Monday, July 4 Independence Day
KC Star: McCaskill communications staff writes
inspiring July 4 message on national unity; Eric Schmitt on beer
growlers; Missouri farmer on the sustainability and yield
advantages of GMO crops +
Columbia Missourian: Immigrant profiles: Six
Columbia families who came to America legally and choose to work for a
living
KY3 (Springfield): Blunt says he offered Trump advice
on improving tone, talking more about his kids
KOLR (Springfield): Roy Blunt celebrates 100th
anniversary of Marshfield Community Center
KWMU: Lacy Clay announces $370,000 worth of Dept. of
Homeland Security grants for area Jewish institutions; Taxpayers
foot the bill to improve lighting, add security cameras
KTVI: Hancock and Kelley: Bipartisan duo talks
Blunt vs. Kander, destructive GOP gov primary, Nixon's gun veto;
St. Charles County Exec Steve Ehlmann talks about his county's economic
growth and safety
KTVI: Area Muslim leader helps promote Eric Greitens'
"ISIS Hunting Permit" gimmick with TV appearance, says bumper stickers
will possess Christians to attack Muslim families inside area Wal-Marts
This Week in Missouri Politics: Jay Ashcroft and Will
Kraus debate issues; Panel of Pat Thomas, Dave Spence, Joe Lakin,
Justin Alferman talk SOS and gov primaries, tax cuts, more
AP: Bill from Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit)
will ensure students who transfer get credit
Missourinet: Washington University in St. Louis helps
develop app to fight human trafficking
Washington Missourian: Ameren confident SO2 emissions
are below EPA limits; Sensors monitor Labadie emissions 24/7 X
KWMU: Sierra Club's John Hickey chalks up EPA ruling
on Ameren to "political shenanigans"
P-D: Missouri criminals raise money for vocational
program by producing U.S. flags
KC Star: Wanting to kill wild pigs itself, Missouri
bans public hog hunting +
P-D: UMSL criminologist says "Ferguson effect" drove
murder surge
P-D letter: Imperial septuagenarian dislikes Missouri
gun proposal, attempts analogy involving driver's licenses
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Sunday, July 3
P-D: St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay marches beside Sen.
Roy Blunt in VP Parade; Veiled Prophet organization continues
proud history of providing fun, philanthropy for all St. Louisans
KC Star: Gallup: Number of U.S. adults who say they're
"extremely proud" to be an American hits all-time low of 52%;
Insight from area prof, local "musician" DeWaun Harvey, others +
P-D: MO DNR warns that Meramec River can be
deadly; 12 people - most of whom lived in St. Louis City - have
drowned within 50-foot radius of treacherous spot since 2004
St. Joseph News-Press: Federal SNAP changes could
impact convenience stores; Government wants retailers to fill
valuable shelf space with fruits, vegetables
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The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Jay Ashcroft and Will Kraus debate; Panel of Pat
Thomas, Dave Spence, Joe Lakin, Rep. Justin Alferman (R-Hermann) talk
SOS and gov primaries, tax cuts, more
AP: Even tax-wary states like Missouri are looking at
smokers to fill budget gaps; "We B Smokin" clerk/local burnout
says proposed ballot initiatives have already convinced him to stop
smoking and start vaping
AP: Cigarette-tax list: Missouri ranks #1 for
lowest taxes
P-D: Craft brewers unhappy with Missouri's new beer law
SNL op-ed: Seasoned Dem activist Edward Janosik:
Blunt cares about Blunt, Inc. - not Missouri
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P-D's Jim Gallagher: Overbilling and upselling have
pay-TV customers - including Claire McCaskill - hopping mad
Messenger: Opiate epidemics cross paths in St. Louis
courtroom
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian expresses her anger
with Missouri legislators over gun regulations
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area couple unhappy
about Nixon's support of Grain Belt Express, says he sold out in
exchange for "blood money" X
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Saturday, July 2
KWMU: St. Louis swears in new citizens for
Independence Day; Iraqi woman, 23 others put their hands over
their hearts and pledge allegiance to the United States of America
The Missouri Times: Nixon to read Declaration of
Independence in Philadelphia
KWMU: Nixon to recreate first public reading of the
Declaration of Independence, a family legacy
KC Star: Fiberglass Dem donkey heading to Philadelphia
for Dem convention will feature Missouri symbols - including St. Louis
Arch +
KC Star: Parents, KC police saw bullet holes at nearly
every home they visited from celebratory gunfire; Urbanites
embrace July 4 make-it-rain-bullets tradition
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Missourinet: MADD volunteer lost sister and niece in
crash, urges designated drivers for July 4 weekend
Missourinet: Mother reminds holiday celebrators of
shock danger on Lake of the Ozarks
P-D: EPA spares Ameren's Labadie Energy Center from
costly emission controls; Anti-coal groups angry at EPA, Missouri
DNR
CDT: Columbia church, State of Missouri prepare for
Supreme Court battle; DNR rejected church's grant application for
recycled tire scraps for playground X
KOLR: Kinder urges Legislature to override Nixon's
veto of gun bill
The Missouri Times Scott Faughn: Campaign notes:
Josh Hawley trots out 79-year-old moderate Jack Danforth when it's
convenient; Curtman takes umbrage at being called a Greitens
supporter; Stenger's opposition to North-South MetroLink invasion
is in line with his constituents
KC Star: John Rizzo rolls the dice on big TV buy in
Dem state Senate primary +
Drebes:
Justin Brown may seek to inherit dad Dan Brown's state Senate seat in
2018
Helling: Trailwatch column: Odds and ends from
the week in Missouri campaigns: Blunt vs. Kander, Schaefer vs.
Hawley +
P-D: Lower-than-expected growth means no Missouri
income tax cut next year
Missourinet: House Budget Committee Vice Chairman
Scott Fitzpatrick: Medicaid dollars still going to Planned
Parenthood is illegal
KWMU: Next spring is the earliest that Planned
Parenthood can be tossed out of Missouri's Medicaid program
KWMU: Some heat-battered Missouri roads plagued by
concrete blow-ups
KC Star: On his first day leading KC schools, Mark
Bedell launches full-day pre-K program; Taxpayers subsidize
seven-hour "free" day care through state funds, Head Start +
AP: Nixon vetoes change to E-verify requirement in
Missouri
AP: Nixon signs bill expanding where beer growlers can
be sold
P-D: Nixon signs change to St. Louis County sales-tax
pool
The Missouri Times: Grain Belt Express Clean Line
application submitted to Public Service Commission
AP: State of Missouri ordered U.S. flag flown at
half-staff 12 times in 2015
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Allen Engineering bringing more jobs to both
Missouri and Arkansas; Company received $100,000 grant from
Arkansas State Economic Development Department
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KC Star: National study notes homicide spike in Kansas
City, but local experts call it more of the same ugly problem +
KWMU: Asthma, other illnesses not statistically worse
near Bridgeton Landfill, survey says
P-D: Living near Bridgeton Landfill does not increase
risk of asthma; Area woman disagrees, says her daughter's asthma
was cured only by fresh St. Charles County air
Waters: Missourians should show a little bit of good
faith in the University of Missouri Review Commission X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis Democrat says
Post-Dispatch coverage of Roy Blunt is too positive
P-D letter: Heartland Institute disagrees with
Democratic Party/Post-Dispatch reporter's view of Missouri welfare
changes
SNL letter: Nixa man believes Missouri will abolish
the death penalty X
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Friday, July 1
KC Star: Despite losing, Jeff Roe ran a presidential
campaign of his dreams +
Kraske: The Chat: Top fundraising lines from
campaigns' end-of-quarter beg-for-bucks e-mails; Jake Hummel on
GOP "temper tantrum" surrounding Mizzou +
Salem News: Chief Wana Dubie kicks off campaign for
U.S. Senate; Nearly 100 turn out to Dent County Courthouse to
hear pothead puns (link via KTVI)
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Groundhog Day in D.C.:
Pelosi's complaints about Republicans mirror Blunt's complaints about
Dems eight years ago
KC Star: Cleaver: Banning gun purchases by
terror watch listees not a Second Amendment issue +
Missouri Farmer Today: Rural towns accomodate legal
immigrants; Missouri's outstate regions enriched by minorities
who seek to work for a living
KWMU: In Missouri's Wild West of campaign spending,
Rex Sinquefield and David Humphreys shoot the most bullets; A
look at top donors' sponsored slates, info on Sinquefield subsidiaries,
more
The Missouri Times: A look at interest groups' impact
on four campaigns: AFL-CIO withholds endorsement from Rep. John
Rizzo (D-Kansas City) despite perfect pro-labor voting record;
Schaefer and pro-life groups, Scott Sifton and Anne Zerr on SJR 39
The Missouri Times: Early Childhood Education
Initiative announces $5 million ad campaign
Missourinet: Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics to
continue getting tax dollars for now
P-D: Planned Parenthood could receive Medicaid funding
through 2017, Nixon says
AP:
Missouri won't halt Planned Parenthood funding immediately
CDT: University of Missouri Review Commission members
rebuke claims of partisan agenda X
Missourinet: African-Americans achieve
overrepresentation on University of Missouri Review Commission;
Missouri's black population is 11.8%, but comprises 25% of state-school
panel
KC Star: MU will pay $2.2M to federal government to
settle radiology case, plus another $3M in unrelated billing case +
Columbia Missourian: Settlements require MU to pay
$5.2M to U.S. for alleged hospital billing violations
Columbia Missourian: Nixon names MU English prof poet
laureate
AP:
Company tries again to build power line in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Clean Line project adds Nixon to
list of endorsements
Missourinet: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) still hopes
to block liability for loose animals' owners
P-D editorial: Zika becomes a Congress-borne disease
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon right to veto
gun bill; Bill made sense only to Missouri's "criminal element" X
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